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Focus on the Family Best Seller List

Week Ending 6-5-18

Breaking Up with Perfect (by Amy Carroll)
I’ll Push You (by Patrick Gray & Justin Skeesuck)
Through the Eyes of a Lion (by Levi Lusko)
The Read-Aloud Family (by Sarah MacKenzie)
Don’t Go to Bed Angry (by Deb DeArmond & Ronald DeArmond)
The Birth Order Book (by Dr. Kevin Leman)
Our Newlywed Kitchen (by Laura Schupp)
A Family Shaped by Grace (by Gary Morland)
The Graduate Survival Guide (by Anthony ONeal & Rachel Cruze)
Faith, Hope, Love, and Deployment (by Heather Gray)
Raising Kingdom Kids (by Tony Evans)
Love & Respect (by Emerson Eggerichs)
A Lifelong Love (by Gary Thomas)
The Focus on the Family Guide to Talking with Your Kids about Sex (by J.

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Josh McDowell: From Suicidal to Salvation

Have you ever felt lonely?

Have you ever felt abandoned?

Have you ever felt like it wouldn’t matter to anyone if you lived or died?

That’s how well-known author and speaker Josh McDowell felt when he was just 11 years old. His father, the “town drunk,” was abusive to his wife and created such havoc for the family that Josh became suicidal. He felt God had abandoned him – if God existed at all, that is.

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Effective Parenting in a World of Technology

Technology is wiring our children’s brains to believe five fundamental lies:

I’m the center of the universe.
I deserve to be happy all the time.
I must have choices.
I’m my own authority.
I don’t need other people.

What’s technology’s part? Eighty percent of a child’s ability to interact with the world around him develops after the child is born. Until about age 25, neurons in a child’s brain are connected through repetition, through the things the child does frequently.

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2 Minute Video: Explaining the Masterpiece Cake Shop Ruling

I’m currently on a plane flying back home from a visit with friends of the ministry. While I was changing planes in Chicago, I asked my colleague, Bruce Hausknecht, to break down in shirt-sleeve English Jack Phillips’ victory today at the Supreme Court.

Without a doubt, today’s Supreme Court decision recognizes that religious freedom is still entitled to its pre-eminent place among our constitutional guarantees.

I’ve been saying for some time that the conflict between LGBT rights and religious freedom doesn’t have to be a win-lose.

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Masterpiece Cake Decision is a Victory for Religious Respect

I’m delighted to hear of the 7-2 Supreme Court victory today for Jack Phillips and his bakery, Masterpiece Cakeshop.

It’s been a long time in coming.

No one should be forced to violate their faith in order to earn a living, and Jack, who I’ve met and consider a friend, just wants to be free to live out his faith in his chosen profession.

As Jack has said on several occasions, this case was never about refusing to serve gay people.

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Don’t Go to Bed Angry – Stay Up and Fight

Ding, ding, ding! Put your gloves on for round 1!

It’s healthy to disagree. Why? Because nobody is 100% correct 100% of the time. Disagreement improves ideas, charts a new course or corrects an old one, and allows people to see their faults and to grow from them. The trick is to engage in conflict in productive ways.

That’s particularly true for married couples.

With us on our radio program to offer practical guidance for strengthening your marriage through disagreeing are Ron and Deb DeArmond, authors of the book Don’t Go to Bed Angry: Stay Up and Fight.

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Conquering Peaks and Valleys Through Friendship

Imagine hiking 500 miles across mountains, valleys, and seemingly endless prairie all while pushing your best friend in a wheelchair and rediscovering God – and yourself – along the way.

That may sound like a compelling movie plot, but it’s a true story for Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray.

Justin has a progressive neuromuscular disease called multifocal acquired motor axonapathy. It’s a genetic predisposition similar to ALS that was triggered by a car accident Justin survived when he was 16 years old.

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Focus on the Family Best Seller List

Week ending May 29th:

The Graduate Survival Guide (by Anthony ONeal & Rachel Cruze)
Through the Eyes of a Lion (by Levi Lusko)
The Birth Order Book (by Dr. Kevin Leman)
A Family Shaped by Grace (by Gary Morland)
Our Newlywed Kitchen (by Laura Schupp)
ESV Economy Bible
Raising Kingdom Kids (by Tony Evans)
Swipe Right (by Levi Lusko)
Kingdom Marriage (by Tony Evans)
Grace Based Discipline (by Karis Kimmel Murray)
Faith, Hope, Love, and Deployment (by Heather Gray)
The Antelope in the Living Room (by Melanie Shankle)
A Lifelong Love (by Gary Thomas)
Ready to Wed: 12 Ways to Start a Marriage You’ll Love (by Dr.

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An Open Letter to the People of Ireland

Dear Ireland:

As the son of an Irish father and as the president of America’s largest Christian family ministry, I write this letter with a heavy heart.

Based on the snapshots of your jubilant and celebrating citizens that American media outlets are currently publicizing, one might think congratulations are in order.

But they would be wrong.

In fact, rather than offering my compliments for a victory, I am offering my deepest condolences.

Last week’s landslide vote to overturn your country’s abortion prohibition marks the tragic beginning of a culture of death for the Emerald Isle.

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How Birth Order Affects Your Parenting

Children are unique, but they also fall into some fairly predictable categories.

One child is a reliable, conscientious, perfectionistic, opinionated, list-maker who likes things done well. Another child is more rough and tumble, but loyal and hangs tough through thick and thin. Yet another child is outgoing, relational, charming, and can persuade others to listen to their opinions – a good negotiator.

On our broadcast today, Dr. Kevin Leman says you can almost predict according to birth order which child will fit those descriptions.

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Focus on the Family Best Seller List

Josh McDowell: From Suicidal to Salvation

Effective Parenting in a World of Technology

2 Minute Video: Explaining the Masterpiece Cake Shop Ruling

Masterpiece Cake Decision is a Victory for Religious Respect

Don’t Go to Bed Angry – Stay Up and Fight

Conquering Peaks and Valleys Through Friendship

Focus on the Family Best Seller List

An Open Letter to the People of Ireland

How Birth Order Affects Your Parenting

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